Features
VERSIONS: “Hot Burrito #1/ I’m Your Toy”
In our VERSIONS series this week, which takes a look at different versions of the same song, we look back to a stone-cold classic from the Burritos which went on to be covered by… well, read […]
The Mavericks
News
The Mavericks band member “assaulted for speaking Spanish”
A member of Latin country-rock band The Mavericks has reported being assaulted over the weekend “for speaking Spanish.” Trumpet player Lorenzo Molina Ruiz described an assault that he and his friend Orlando Morales endured while at […]
Album Reviews
The Mavericks “En Español” (Mono Mundo/Thirty Tigers, 2020)
The Mavericks, in keeping with their name, are a band that has consistently denied attempts to pigeon hole their music, which has blended a wide variety of styles since their birth as a band in Miami […]
Videos
Video: The Mavericks “Poder Vivir”
It’s hard not to tap your feet and smile when The Mavericks perform. This is the first single from the band’s first ever collection of Spanish-language songs, a mixture of originals and Latin classics. ‘En Español’ […]
Live Reviews
AmericanaFest, Nashville, September 10th-15th, 2019
For Americana UK, this year’s Nashville experience ended where it pretty much started – at Robert’s Western World on Lower Broadway. Hotfoot from arriving in the city around 7pm our assembled scribes headed straight downtown to […]